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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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This Group is for those that have sailors who graduated Boot Camp on 08/07/2015. A place to keep up with each other as their journey continues.
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 57
Latest Activity: Aug 30, 2015
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~OPSEC OPerational SECurity, is always of the utmost importance.
~N4M’s also has Community Guidelines just like any other social media.
~Please take the time to read the OPSEC and N4M’s Community Guidelines.
~A quick note here, from the N4M’s CG’s:
• Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security) (Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips) This site and all content posted on it are viewable to everyone on the Internet. This doesn’t mean you can’t share things about your Sailor – but too many details can put Sailors in harm’s way. The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:
• Sailors’ last names. This includes your username if you share the same last name as your son or daughter.
Some Suggestions:
~If your last name is different from your Recruits it is still not recommended for you to use in your username for your own personal security. This is your option. It is also not a good idea to use an email address as your username for personal security reasons.
~First Names and pictures of your Recruit are allowed but remember, everyone can see it and someone can easily match them up with their "mom". So you might want to consider changing your profile picture to not include your Recruit at least for the duration of BC. Again, your option
~It is also a good idea to make your settings for your Profile Page "viewable only to your friends"
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Ship 003 div 264
Hey all! Glad to be here! My SR is in ship 003... Anyone else?
I got my form letter today! PIR 8-07-2015. Ship 12 Div 260! Happy to be a member of this group!
Oh wow ok ty so much that is a little sad that he cwn not stay with me but it will be ok at least i will get to see him!! Oh and yes i did get the letter today.
ceci, You can bookmark this page in your browser. It makes it super easy to find.
caci,
I assume you have gotten the Form letter that let you know this is your correct 08/07/2015 PIR group, if so, then yep, book your hotel now. No deposits are required. The recommended ones are Navy Lodge, Springhill Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Residence Inn, and Courtyard Marriot, the last 4 being in the Waukegan/Gurnee area 10 minutes form Recruit Training Command (RTC). Call the hotels direct and ask for the Navy graduation rate.
No, your SR hubby will not be able to stay with you overnight at all. He must report back to base each night and lucky you, since he is attending Great Lakes A school, you will be able to see him starting Friday afternoon (after he moves from the Boot Camp to the A school side), all day Saturday and Sunday until about 10:00 pm~~
He must stay within a 50 mile radius of Great Lakes and ,most all the nearby hotels are within that range. If you are thinking of choosing another hotel other what is listed, please be sure to check out it reviews on www.tripadvisor.com.
Happy Friday!
"I am with you and will watch over you
wherever you go... I will not leave you until
I have done what I have promised you."
Genesis 28:15
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